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>>SPEAKER: Sharing photos online is a great way to use modern technology to keep in touch
with friends and family. It’s also a great way to store backup copies of your precious
photos in case something happens to your camera or computer. This tutorial will give you a
basic overview of how to use a free online photo sharing service to share your photos.
For this tutorial, you’ll need a computer with an active internet connection. You’ll
need to have already uploaded your photos from your camera to your computer, or have
the photos stored on a CD or thumbdrive. If you’re not sure how to connect your camera
to your computer to upload your photos, we have another tutorial to show you how.
You can share photos through email. Email works well when you have only one or two photos
that you’d like to send to a few specific people. However, emails are limited by in
their file size, so if you have a lot of photos the email may be too large to send.
You can also share photos through a website. This works well when you have a lot of photos,
or a lot of people with whom you’d like to share the photos. For this tutorial, we’ll
use Flickr, a free service that lets you create online photo albums and then share them with
friends. Sharing photos online with Flickr is easy. Let’s get started!
Open a web browser and type ‘www.flickr.com’ into your web browser. Then click the Sign
Up button. If you already have a Yahoo.com email address or ID, you can enter it here
to automatically create your account. You can also use your Facebook or Google profile
to login. If you don’t already have an account on Yahoo, Facebook or Google, then you you’ll
need to create a new account with Yahoo by clicking here.
Now that you’ve filled in your information, created your account, and verified your email
address, you can login to your new Flickr account. Upload your photos by clicking the
Upload button. Browse your computer and find the folder with your photos. This is where
it might be helpful to have the location of the folder written down. Click on a photo
you’d like to upload. If there’s more than one, you can hold down the “ctrl”
key on your keyboard and click on several photos. When you’ve selected all your photos,
click the open button.
You can edit the title or the description of a photo by clicking on the fields below.
This is where you can add the date the photo was taken, identify people in the photo, or
add your own comments. Try organizing your photos by clicking on the ‘add to set’
button. Sets function like photo albums. You can select a set you’ve created in the past,
or create a brand new set. Choose a name for the set and, if you like, add a description.
If you have added all your photos, then you’re ready to upload. Click the upload button.
You may have to wait a few moments for the photos to finish uploading. When they are
done, you’ll be automatically brought back to your profile page. Your photos should now
appear on your profile. Any sets you’ve created will appear on the right as photo
albums.
Let’s learn how to share your new online photo album with friends. If you want to share
your Flickr profile and all of your photos, stay here on your homepage. If you want to
share just a specific album, begin by clicking on it. Now click the ‘Share’ button in
the top right corner and choose a network through which to share the link. You can send
a link to your new album by email, or post it to your Facebook wall.
Be aware that the default setting for many photo sharing sites is that your photos will
be public. That means anyone on the internet may be able to view them. You can make your
photos private or semi-private by changing your settings.
Now that you know how use the internet to send your photos, you can share your favorite
moments with friends and family both near and far.
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